A Decade of the ORCHESTRA Study: Organizational Characteristics, Patient Outcomes, Performance and Efficiency in Critical Care

Overview

Journal Crit Care Sci

Specialties Critical Care
General Medicine

Date 2024 Jul 24

PMID 39046062

Authors

Marcio Soares

Jorge Ibrain Figueira Salluh

Fernando Godinho Zampieri

Fernando Augusto Bozza

Pedro Martins Pereira Kurtz

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